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Records show that the land where the cemetery is located was originally purchased in 1826 by Henry Wampler. His relative, Mary Wampler, is the first recorded burial, though there is rumor that the first burial is actually of a boy who died from a fall. There is also supposed to be a grave here for Sally Whitsell, an African-American woman, though her headstone has not been found.

Over several years, many different people were buried on this private land next to what had been the "old Wampler school house". There have actually been two different churches on this land, the old log building North Liberty Church and more recently the Grace Way Community Church, which was originally called the Maple Grove Church. The cemetery behind the church is surrounded by a lovely stone fence with an iron gate, though part of the fence/wall has been removed to allow more space for burials. I did notice the day that we were there, June 08, 2015, that some older headstones had been used in the fence wall itself. This one is for someone with the initials R.W. I noticed another one that was upside down and was probably a base stone as it had some holes drilled in it.NOTE: I believe that the R.W. pictured above is probably actually a foot stone. It ends up being rather common these days for the foot stones to be removed and discarded as the cemetery starts to fill up. Also, from listening to some others, if the foot stones are in the way of modern mowers or those that are just there to cut the grass, the stones get tossed to the side. In this instance, the stone was used to fill in part of the dry rock wall.

Charles was listed as being a laborer who entered service on September 19, 1917 in Bloomington, Indiana. He was sent from there to Camp Taylor, Kentucky where he was assigned to the 151st Infantry, Company C. He is shown as being transferred to the Automatic Replacement Draft in Camp Shelby, Missouri. He officially embarked from the United States on June 11, 1918 but died of Appendicitis soon after. This marker is a family marker to show his service and not his actual burial sight. He is either buried in France or on Liverpool, England.

Her name is carved into a shield, which leads me to believe that she had something to do with the Civil War, but I can not be sure of that. There is also a five pointed star under her name. Her grave is very similar to that of Peter Cowden, listed below.

His name is carved into a shield and there is a five pointed star under his name. I don't see any information that he may have been a soldier in the Civil War, but his grave looks as if maybe he did serve. Mind you, this is only speculation.

He served in the Civil War in the 88th Indiana Infantry, Company G. He enlisted on February 17, 1864 but was transferred on June 7, 1865 to the 38th Indiana Infantry, Company G. He mustered out on July 15, 1865.

He was married to Hannah P. Devore Dunning (1851-1883) on May 6, 1869 in Greene County, Indiana. She is buried near him in Maple Grove Cemetery.

There is a veteran badge on his monument, though he would have been too young to have fought in the Civil War, so I am not sure what the badge is for.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is the marker for Margaret Emily Whisenand Ridge.Born: October 1, 1834, Bloomington, Monroe County, IndianaDied: December 29, 1885, Ellettsville, Monroe County, IndianaHer parents were William C. Whisnand (1807-1889) and Elizabeth Wolf Whisnand (1808-1873). They are buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.She had several siblings:Elihu Whisnand (?-?) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.John C. Whisnand (1830-1897) - buried in Rose Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.William Franklin Whisenand (1832-1909) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Emanuel Whisenand (1836-1893) - buried in Pilot Prairie Cemetery, Scott County, Arkansas.Mary Ann Elizabeth Whisenand Ridge (1839-1908) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Thomas C. Whisenand (1845-1921) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Susan Clarinda Whisenand Mayfield (1849-1934) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Laura Caroline Whisenand Dunning (1851-1914) - buried in Frankeberger Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.She was married to William Ridge (1821-1905). His name is on the other side of the monument. They had at least two children:Laura A. Whisenand Akin (?-?) - unknownElizabeth Ella Whisenand (?-?) - unknownThe obituary for Margaret listed her having died from some obscure disease. Her post mortem showed that she had a "serious stricture of the lower portion of the stomach".~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is the grave of William Ridge.Born: January 8, 1821, Martin County, IndianaDied: November 17, 1905His parents were Benjamin J. Ridge (1784-1873) and Henrietta Staten Ridge (1791-1873). Both of them are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.He had several siblings:Mary Jane Ridge Coffey (?-1883) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Levi Ridge (1819-1890) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.James Elihu Ridge (1822-1899) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.John Staton Ridge (1829-1911) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Elizabeth Ridge Stanger (1835-1919) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.He was married to Margaret Emily Whisenand Ridge (1834-1885). Her name is on the opposite side of the monument.Together they had at least two children:Laura A. Whisenand Akin (?-?) - unknownElizabeth Ella Whisenand (?-?) - unknownYou can read a short bio about him here.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is the grave of James Sheffield.Born: July 19, 1839Died: July 9, 1868He was a Civil War veteran, but I am not sure with which regiment he served.He was married to M. Sheffield (?-?). I am unsure of where she is buried.He did have at least one child:Ella Sheffield (1862-1864) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is the grave of Aaron Stine.Born: June 22, 1815, Lincoln County, North CarolinaDied: January 10, 1908, Monroe County, IndianaHis parents were Elias Stine (1777-1852) and Mary Stine (1800-1879). They are both buried in the Barnes Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.He had several siblings:Absalom Stine (1808-1860) - listed as having a non-cemetery burial.Charles Stine (1828-1914) - buried in Riverside Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.Jesse Stine (1831-1894) - buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth County, Kansas.Louisa Stine Painter (1832-1911) - buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Champaign County, Illinois.Mary Stine Riddle (1834-1899) - buried in Dawson Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.Catherine Stine Ridenour (1837-?) - buried in Lost Creek Cemetery, Defiance County, Ohio.Elizabeth Levina Stine Skeen (1843-1900) - buried in Arrowsmith Township Cemetery, McLean County, Indiana.Laura Anna Stine Crumbaugh (1845-1917) - buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois.He was married to Elizabeth James Stine (1823-1894) on August 15, 1840 in Monroe County, Indiana. She is buried with him at Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.They had at three children:Therese L. Stine Whisman (1850-1924) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.William Harrison Stine (1853-1942) - buried in Cavalry Cemetery, Stutsman County, North Dakota.Julia A. Stine (1853-1885) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We now stop at the grave of Joshua Devine Vint, Sr.Born: December 8, 1788, PennsylvaniaDied: December 13, 1863, IndianaHe was born shortly after the Revolutionary War in Pennsylvania, but I am not sure as to who his parents were. He was married to Mary Wood Vint (1781-1859) on July 15, 1811 in Washington County, Kentucky. She is buried near him in Maple Grove Cemetery. He may have been married once before, but I am not sure of her name or where she was buried.He had eight children:Robert Vint (?-?) - unknownWilliam Henry Vint (?-?) - unknownJohn Thomas Vint (1816-1904) - buried in Friendship Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Unknown Male Vint (?-?) - unknownUnknown Make Vint (?-?) - unknownJane Vint Wampler Houston (?-?) - unknownCynthia Ann Vint Wampler (?-?) - uknownJoshua Devine Vint, Jr. (1826-1903) - unknown (died in Monroe County, Indiana but there is no information as to where he was buried)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is the grave of Mary Wood Vint.Born: March 14, 1781, KentuckyDied: May 9, 1859, IndianaShe was the daughter of Henry Wood (?-1818) and Mrs. Wood (?-?). Her father died in Washington County, Kentucky so that is probably where he is buried, though I have no actual information on this, nor do I know where her mother was buried.She had several siblings, but information about them is limited to their names:Anna Wood Gash (?-?) - unknownElizabeth Wood Way (?-?) - unknownJohn Wood (?-?) - unknownJames Wood (?-?) - unknownHenry Wood, Jr. (?-?) - unknownAndrew Wood (?-?) - unknownRobert Wood (?-?) - unknownShe was married to Joshua Devine Vint, Sr. (1788-1863) on July 15, 1811 in Washington County, Kentucky. He is buried near her in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.They had eight children:Robert Vint (?-?) - unknownWilliam Henry Vint (?-?) - unknownJohn Thomas Vint (1816-1904) - buried in Friendship Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Unknown Male Vint (?-?) - unknownUnknown Make Vint (?-?) - unknownJane Vint Wampler Houston (?-?) - unknownCynthia Ann Vint Wampler (?-?) - uknownJoshua Devine Vint, Jr. (1826-1903) - unknown (died in Monroe County, Indiana but there is no information as to where he was buried)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here we have the grave of James H. Wampler.Born: May 4, 1882Died: November 15, 1913He was married to Blanche Isom Wampler (?-?). I am unsure as to where she is buried.They had at least four children:Madison Wampler (?-?) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Marie B. Wampler Skirvin (1910-1989) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Robert Wampler (?-?) - unknownJohn Wampler (?-?) - unknown~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is the grave of James Wampler.Born: March 2, 1856Died: January 28, 1887~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here is the grave of Peter W. Wampler.Born: 1844Died: August 25, 1865He served in the Civil War, though I have not yet found out what regiment or Company.There is a carving of a Union Soldier at the top of his headstone.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Here we have the grave of Benjamin R. Whisenand.Born: January 21, 1860Died: August 7, 1940He had at least two children:Lucille Whisenand Morse (1888-1933) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Robert Wayne Whisenand (1903-1976) - buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Also shown is Hessie J. Whisenand.Born: November 8, 1870Died: 1925I am unsure of her relation to Benjamin.We also have listed Minnie A. Whisenand.Born: November 5, 1873Died: October 3, 1906Once again, I am unsure of the family connection.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

We now stop at the grave of James M. Williams.Born: June 18, 1846Died: April 22, 1923He was married to Mary J. Williams (1829-1906). She is buried near him at Maple Grove Cemetery.He had several children, but I have only found reference to one:William Williams (1871-1895) - buried at Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.His monument is a tree of life styled sculpture. There are vines and other greenery carved into it along with an open book at the top. The book most likely symbolized his faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here we have the grave of John R. Williams.Born: October 1, 1937Died: February 4, 1917, Ellettsville, Monroe County, IndianaHe was married to Dortha Jane Hall Williams (1842-1925). Her name is listed at the bottom of the headstone.Born: April 7, 1842Died: June 21, 1925They had several children, but I only have references for two of them:John Rice WIlliams (1877-1934) - buried in Mount Olive Church of Christ Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.Infant Son Williams (1887-1887) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.He served in the Civil War in the 22nd Indiana Infantry, Company I. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This is the grave of W.R. Williams.Born: August 3, 1940Died: unknownHis wife was Pheriba Peters Williams (1842-1901) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana (her name is listed below his).They had at least one son:George E. Williams (1888-1905) - buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Monroe County, Indiana.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Our final stop today is at the grave of William Williams.Born: January 25, 1871Died: September 30, 1895He was the son of James M. Williams (1846-1923) and Mary J. Williams (1829-1906). They are both buried in Maple Grove Cemetery.He has an interesting headstone. It is a tree of life styled monument carved with lots of vines and greenery. There is a basket of roses on one of the branches and the top flowers open.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I hope that you have enjoyed your walk through Maple Grove Cemetery.If you have any information on any of the graves here, please feel free to email me or leave a comment.Please visit the listing at Find-A-Grave.